objective GA -- IBPS CLERKS MAIN -- DECEMBER 21 TO 27 2016

21 DECEMBER 2016

Ques. : 1 Who among the following has been appointed as the 44th Chief Justice of India?
1) Madan B Lokur 
2) Ranjan Gogoi
3) Jasti Chelameswar 
4) JS Khehar
5) Dipak Misra 
Answer:- 4) JS Khehar

Ques. : 2 Which of the following teams won the 2016 Indian Super League (ISL)?
1) Kerala Blasters 
2) Atletico de Kolkata
3) Chennaiyin FC 
4) FC Goa
5) Delhi Dynamos FC 
Answer:- 2) Atletico de Kolkata

Ques. : 3 _________ has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2016 for a record third time.
1) Stan Wawrinka 
2) Rafael Nadal
3) Andy Murray 
4) Roger Federer
5) Novak Dokovic 
Answer:- 3) Andy Murray

Ques. : 4 The Assam govt has appointed who among the following as the brand ambassador of the State’s tourism for two years?
1) Virat Kohli 
2) Mary Kom
3) Sachin Tendulkar 
4) Priyanka Chopra
5) Deepika Padukone 
Answer:- 4) Priyanka Chopra

Ques. : 5 The world's first cloned goat bearing superfine Cashmere wool was born in which of the following countries recently?
1) UK 
2) Japan
3) Australia 
4) Canada
5) China 
Answer:- 5) China

Ques. : 6 Name the batsman who scored triple ton in the 5th Test match between India and England played in Chennai.
1) Karun Nair 
2) Murali Vijay
3) Ravindra Jadeja 
4) Ravichandran Ashwin
5) Virat Kohli 
Answer:- 1) Karun Nair

Ques. : 7 The taxi-hailing service Uber has announced a partnership with which of the following phone makers that will help customers book a cab without downloading the application?
1) InFocus 
2) Samsung
3) Nokia 
4) Micromax
5) Xiaomi 
Answer:- 4) Micromax

Ques. : 8 The retirement fund body EPFO has decided to lower the interest on EPF deposits for the current fiscal (FY17) to
1) 8.80 per cent 
2) 8.75 per cent
3) 8.65 per cent 
4) 8.55 per cent
5) 8.25 per cent 
Answer:- 3) 8.65 per cent

Ques. : 9 The International Mountain Day is observed every year on
1) 09 Dec 
2) 10 Dec
3) 11 Dec 
4) 18 Dec
5) 20 Dec 
Answer:- 3) 11 Dec

Ques. : 10 India won the 5-match Test series against England recently. Who among the following was declared the man of the series?
1) Ravichandran Ashwin 
2) Parthiv Patel
3) Virat Kohli 
4) Ravindra Jadeja
5) Shikhar Dhawan 
Answer:- 3) Virat Kohli

22 DECEMBER 2016

Ques. : 1 India signed an open skies agreement with six countries at International Civil Aviation Negotiations (ICAN) 2016 held recently in Nassau which is the capital city of
1) Belarus 
2) Ukraine
3) Bahamas 
4) Turkey
5) Egypt 
Answer:- 3) Bahamas

Ques. : 2 The govt has announced Rs 207-cr project for protection of Majuli island which is the largest river island of the world situated in
1) Sikkim 
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Assam 
4) Meghalaya
5) Tripura
Answer:- 3) Assam

Ques. : 3 India’s first cashless bazaar was launched in which of the following states recently?
1) Kolkata, West Bengal
2) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
3) Bengaluru, Karnataka 
4) Raipur, Chhattisgarh
5) Jaipur, Rajasthan 
Answer:- 4) Raipur, Chhattisgarh

Ques. : 4 _________ has bagged the SKOCH silver award for attaining the position of No. 1 channel partner of LIC of India for the past three financial years.
1) Dena Bank 
2) Syndicate Bank
3) Bank of India 
4) Indian Bank
5) Corporation Bank 
Answer:- 5) Corporation Bank

Ques. : 5 Which of the following countries nationalized the largest private bank of the country PrivateBank recently?
1) Greece 
2) Venezuela
3) Zimbabwe 
4) Ukraine
5) Colombia 
Answer:- 4) Ukraine

Ques. : 6 Jagannatha Varma, who passes away recently, was a veteran ________ actor.
1) Tamil 
2) Malayalam
3) Telugu 
4) Kannada
5) Bengali 
Answer:- 2) Malayalam

Ques. : 7 _______ ended the year 2016 as the Number one ranked Test cricket team.
1) India 
2) Pakistan
3) England 
4) South Africa
5) Australia 
Answer:- 1) India

Ques. : 8 India and Kyrgyzstan inked six pacts recently. The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is
1) Bishkek 
2) Tashkent
3) Kiev 
4) Bogota
5) Manama 
Answer:- 1) Bishkek

Ques. : 9 In a setback to Indian travellers, ________ has withdrawn the visa-free facility for Indians.
1) Taiwan 
2) Malaysia
3) UAE 
4) Hong Kong
5) Saudi Arabia 
Answer:- 4) Hong Kong

Ques. : 10 The RBI is to issue new Rs 500 banknotes with the inset letter E having star mark in the number panel. The star banknotes in the denomination of ____ are already in circulation.
1) Rs 10 
2) Rs 20
3) Rs 50 
4) Rs 100
5) All the above 
Answer:- 5) All the above

23 DECEMBER 2016

Ques. : 1 The first ever global conference to strengthen Arbitration and Enforcement was held recently in
1) New Delhi 
2) Mumbai
3) Ahmedabad 
4) Bhopal
5) Kolkata 
Answer:- 1) New Delhi

Ques. : 2 The Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) has launched CYSVAX, world’s first vaccine to fight against Taenia solium Tapeworms in
1) pigs
2) dogs
3) cats 
4) cows
5) horses 
Answer:- 1) pigs

Ques. : 3 The President Pranav Mukherjee recently inaugurated the Sardar Patel Heart Institute recently at
1) Bengaluru, Karnataka 
2) Kandla, Gujarat
3) Udaipur, Rajasthan 
4) Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
5) Ankleshwar, Gujarat 
Answer:- 5) Ankleshwar, Gujarat

Ques. : 4 The recently launched magazine “The Cofounder” is related to
1) NBFCs 
2) IT firms
3) export import 
4) start ups
5) FDI 
Answer:- 4) start ups

Ques. : 5 PM Narendra Modi recently inaugurated Vadodara International Airport, Gujarat's first green airport and second green airport in the country after the one at
1) New Delhi 
2) Mumbai
3) Kolkata 
4) Chennai
5) Kochi 
Answer:- 5) Kochi

Ques. : 6 The Govt recently kick-started the RCS scheme also being called UDAN scheme. The term RCS stands for
1) Rural Air Connectivity 
2) Remote Air Connectivity
3) Restructured Air Connectivity 
4) Regional Air Connectivity
5) None of these 
Answer:- 4) Regional Air Connectivity

Ques. : 7 Zabivaka, a wolf, has been chosen as the mascot for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The host of the games is
1) Australia 
2) Spain
3) Russia 
4) Brazil
5) Japan 
Answer:- 3) Russia

Ques. : 8 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is soon to introduce a new high-value currency note in the denomination of
1) Rs 2,000 
2) Rs 2,500
3) Rs 5,000 
4) Rs 10,000
5) Rs 20,000 
Answer:- 1) Rs 2,000

Ques. : 9 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has proposed a penalty of about Rs 3,050 cr on three telcos — Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea for
1) slow speed of 4G services 
2) overcharging data on 4G network
3) call drop cases 
4) not removing extra towers from residential areas
5) not providing enough interconnect points to Reliance Jio 
Answer:- 5) not providing enough interconnect points to Reliance Jio

Ques. : 10 Who among the following is the State Minister for Culture and Tourism in the present Union Cabinet?
1) Narendra Singh Tomar 
2) Mahesh Sharma
3) Ananthkumar 
4) Maneka Gandhi
5) Kalraj Mishra 
Answer:- 2) Mahesh Sharma

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24 DECEMBER 2016

Ques. : 1 The India squad for 2nd T20 World Cup for Blind 2017 was announced recently. The tournament will be held in
1) Australia 
2) Bangladesh
3) Sri Lanka 
4) England
5) India 
Answer:- 5) India

Ques. : 2 Arjun Bhati secured first position in Kids World Championship 2016 of which of the following games recently?
1) Snooker 
2) Squash
3) Chess 
4) Archery
5) Golf 
Answer:- 5) Golf

Ques. : 3 Who among the following won the ICC Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy) award at the ICC Awards 2016?
1) Mahendra Singh Dhoni 
2) Ajinkya Rahane
3) Ravichandran Ashwin 
4) Virat Kohli
5) Ravindra Jadeja 
Answer:- 3) Ravichandran Ashwin

Ques. : 4 Quinton de Kock won the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year award at the ICC Awards 2016. He plays for
1) South Africa 
2) Australia
3) New Zealand 
4) South Africa
5) Zimbabwe 
Answer:- 4) South Africa

Ques. : 5 As per a report by industry chamber PHDCCI and KPMG, India attracted the maximum FDI inflow from which country in the financial year 2015-16?
1) Japan 
2) China
3) Singapore 
4) Mauritius
5) US 
Answer:- 3) Singapore

Ques. : 6 ______ has emerged as the country’s most well-read city in the fourth consecutive year according to Annual Reading Trends Report 2016 by Amazon.
1) Bengaluru 
2) Mumbai
3) Chennai 
4) Delhi
5) Hyderabad 
Answer:- 4) Delhi

Ques. : 7 Actor Hrithik Roashan launched the children’s book series “Tactabet” recently. The book series is being published for
1) refugee children 
2) war orphans
3) visually impaired people 
4) rag pickers
5) None of these 
Answer:- 3) visually impaired people

Ques. : 8 _________ has become the first Indian to be appointed as the global ambassador of the hair care brand “Pantene.”
1) Katrina Kaif 
2) Aishwarya Rai
3) Kareena Kapoor 
4) Priyanka Chopra
5) Deepika Padukone 
Answer:- 4) Priyanka Chopra

Ques. : 9 President Hassan Rouhani unveiled a landmark Bill of rights guaranteeing freedom of speech, protest, fair trials and privacy in which country recently?
1) Iran 
2) Saudi Arabia
3) Iraq 
4) Kuwait
5) UAE 
Answer:- 1) Iran

Ques. : 10 The Ministry of __________ has won gold in the Web Ratna category in the Digital India awards 2016. The Ministry is lead by
1) Dharmendra Pradhan 
2) Jagat Prakash Nadda
3) Harsh Vardhan 
4) Radha Mohan Singh
5) Ravi Shankar Prasad 
Answer:- 2) Jagat Prakash Nadda

26 DECEMBER 2016

Ques. : 1 The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) recently approved defence purchases worth approximately Rs 7,000 cr including one more C-17 Globemaster Mk-III aircraft which will be procured from
1) Russia 
2) Sweden
3) France 
4) Germany
5) US 
Answer:- 5) US

Ques. : 2 Nepal recently announced to hold its first ever joint military exercise named “Pratikar-1” with which country recently?
1) Pakistan 
2) China
3) Russia 
4) Sri Lanka
5) Bhutan 
Answer:- 2) China

Ques. : 3 The Kisan Diwas is observed every year on
1) 23 Dec 
2) 19 Dec
3) 20 Dec
4) 22 Dec
5) 24 Dec 
Answer:- 1) 23 Dec

Ques. : 4 Which of the following banks launched payments collection app for offline merchants and retailers called Eazypay which will allow customers to pay via UPI, cards and net banking?
1) ICICI Bank 
2) HDFC Bank
3) IDFC Bank 
4) Axis Bank
5) SBI Bank 
Answer:- 1) ICICI Bank

Ques. : 5 Which state govt launched Biju Sishu Surakshya Yojana for HIV+ orphan children recently?
1) West Bengal
2) Jharkhand
3) Odisha 
4) Maharashtra
5) Assam 
Answer:- 3) Odisha

Ques. : 6 Which of the following teams won the Asia Cup under-19 cricket tournament?
1) Pakistan 
2) Sri Lanka
3) Bangladesh 
4) Afghanistan
5) India 
Answer:- 5) India

Ques. : 7 Tata Steel has signed an agreement to acquire 100% equity in Brahmani River Pellets (BRPL) for Rs 900 cr. The BRPL is based in
1) Karnataka 
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Tamil Nadu 
4) Odisha
5) Jharkhand 
Answer:- 4) Odisha

Ques. : 8 Who among the following is the present Union Power Minister? He launched 'Coal Mitra' web portal to facilitate flexibility in utilization of domestic coal recently.
1) Nirmala Sitharaman 
2) Dharmendra Pradhan
3) Nitin Gadkari 
4) Suresh Prabhu
5) Piyush Goyal 
Answer:- 5) Piyush Goyal

Ques. : 9 The union govt will soon set up a toll-free number “10588” to provide relevant information and guidance directly to the
1) adolescent girls 
2) pregnant women
3) working women 
4) widows
5) women entrepreneurs 
Answer:- 2) pregnant women

Ques. : 10 Shankha Ghosh, the Jnanpith Awardee and an acclaimed __________ poet, passed away recently.
1) Bengali 
2) Assamese
3) Tamil 
4) Telugu
5) Malayalam 
Answer:- 1) Bengali

27 DECEMBER 2016

Ques. : 1 Which state govt has accepted Nabard funding for 23 irrigation projects in the form of long-term loan which will bring in Rs 7,242.74 cr to the state?
1) Uttar Pradesh 
2) Bihar
3) West Bengal 
4) Maharashtra
5) Gujarat 
Answer:- 4) Maharashtra

Ques. : 2 Which of the following banks, with UIDAI and NPCI, has announced the nationwide launch of its Aadhaar Pay, the country’s first Aadhaar-linked cashless merchant solution?
1) IDFC Bank 
2) ICICI Bank
3) Axis Bank 
4) HDFC Bank
5) Federal Bank 
Answer:- 1) IDFC Bank

Ques. : 3 ______ is planning to implement in India its “white space” and “wide area WiFi or Wide-Fi” technologies which taps unutilised spectrum of television stations and cable TV network for internet access.
1) Google 
2) Microsoft
3) Apple 
4) Oracle
5) Intel 
Answer:- 2) Microsoft

Ques. : 4 The insurance regulator IRDAI has given final licence to five global reinsurers to start operations in India. The IRDAI is headquartered at
1) Chennai 
2) Kolkata
3) Hyderabad 
4) Bengaluru
5) Mumbai 
Answer:- 3) Hyderabad

Ques. : 5 Which of the following banks has adopted Shirki village in Maharashtra for driving the Aadhaar-based merchant payment initiative?
1) SBI 
2) PNB
3) ICICI Bank 
4) HDFC Bank
5) Axis Bank 
Answer:- 1) SBI

Ques. : 6 India tested its Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in its final operational configuration recently. The missile has a strike range of over
1) 1,500 km 
2) 2,500 km
3) 3,000 km 
4) 5,000 km
5) 10,000 km 
Answer:- 4) 5,000 km

Ques. : 7 Pankaj Advani, who won National title recently, plays
1) chess 
2) squash
3) badminton 
4) golf
5) snooker 
Answer:- 5) snooker

Ques. : 8 The foundation stone for India's first second generation ethanol bio-refinery, to be set up by Hindustan Petroleum, was laid down recently in
1) Hisar, Haryana 
2) Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
3) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 
4) Bathinda, Punjab
5) Jamnagar, Gujarat 
Answer:- 4) Bathinda, Punjab

Ques. : 9 Kuchipudi is one of the major Indian classical dances which is originated from the state of
1) Karnataka 
2) Kerala
3) Andhra Pradesh 
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Odisha 
Answer:- 3) Andhra Pradesh

Ques. : 10 Which state has launched 'Atal-Amrit Abhiyan' scheme, a health assurance scheme which covers all individuals in eligible families with annual income below Rs 5 lakh?
1) Jharkhand 
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Gujarat 
4) Rajasthan
5) Assam 
Answer:- 5) Assam

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